Juan Mercier CV
Juan Ignacio Mercier (born 2 February 1980) is an
Argentine football midfielder playing for
Argentinos Juniors ( transferred to Nassr club currently JULY 2011)
Career
Costas started his playing career in 1982 with Racing Club, in 1983 the club suffered a disastrous relegation from the
Primera División. Costas became a key part of the team that won promotion back to the Primera in 1985.
In 1988 Costas was part of the Racing Club team that won the
Supercopa Sudamericana, their first major title in 21 years, they then went on to win the less prestigious Supercopa Interamaricana.
Costas left Racing Club in 1992 to join
Swiss team
FC Locarno, after playing over 100 games for them he returned to Racing club in 1994.
Costas left Racing Club in 1995 having played in a club record 298 games, scoring six goals. He joined
Gimnasia de Jujuy where he played until his retirement in 1997.
Costas then took charge as manager of
Alianza Lima in
Peru in 2003, he immediately led them to success in the Clausura 2003, and then saw his team win the
Primera División Peruana final against Sporting Cristal.
In 2004 he led Alianza to the Apertura 2004 title and another chance to win the final of the Primera División where they again defeated Sporting Cristal, this time 5-4 on penalties.
In 2005 Costas became manager of
Cerro Porteño in Paraguay, under his leadership the club won both the Apertura and Clausura in 2005 to be crowned undisputed national champions.
In 2007 Costas returned to Racing Club for his second spell in charge of "La Academia". Costas has currently signed a 2 year contract to manage
Olimpia of
Paraguay starting at the 2008 season.
In 2009 Costas has returned to Alianza Lima. This year he lead Alianza Lima to play the final against Universitario.
Signed a formal contract with the Saudi Al Nasr in the history of July 18, 2011.
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